junkyardjeff

I will definately watch this build,would love to build a chopped 40 custom.

The 71 and 72 AMXs had a roof that looked like they could have had a T top and the 73/74s had a flat roof,I think the regular Javelins in 71/72 also had the flat roof but its been many years since I really paid attention to them.

When I started to build in the late 60s and early 70s they were not in the kits I built,some had the slightly wider versions.

I have never seen these thin slicks before so I presume they are from the early to mid 60s.

The 39 hood I am using came from the original 62 kit and finally got some paint on it tonight after sitting around for 54 years.

A local small hobby shop buys up collections so I have been grabbing all the thin slicks that no one else gets since they work great on 30s and 40s cars where a tall tire is desired and no modifications are needed. I have been getting some that are soft too.

If its the same as on the box its a 72 ,the one I built ended up having 73/74 tail lights which disappointed me since I did have a real 72 AMX

I am going to use 40 headlights and this one was built with parts I got off ebay and a local hobby shop plus parts in stock,I did not buy any complete kits to build this one and a couple years ago bought the sedan kit and built it as a 40 standard,I have another 39 hood and grille so I see a standard sedan delivery in the future. The Y block is a tight fit and only needs a slot ground in the front of the oil pan,if I did not want to use the 56 aircleaner and tall teapot carb I could have made it fit without the slot.

Got the Y block in and need to find a fan belt that will work,it figures that after I done some deals for some stock valve covers I would find a pair.

It looks like I will have to grind a slot in the oil pan to clear the metal axle to get the motor to sit low enough that the original 56 air cleaner will not hit the hood. One would think that the parts would interchange easily from the coupe,sedan and sedan delivery but there were a few little modifications that were needed.

Dark green,its going to be a twin to a deluxe coupe I built a couple months ago.

A 37 Chevy p/u would also be nice.

50 Chrysler 8 pass sedan.

It started out with a deluxe coupe body and the sedan fenders with the 39 grille and hood,motor is a Y block from a AMT 56 kit hooked to the original 40 trans like what was done back in the 50s. Its going to look like someone pulled the flathead back in 56 and installed a new 56 motor,no chrome on the motor and will be a stock 56 motor. I found a Revell 40 standard glue bomb to get the correct standard hubcaps.

Got some Testors Chrysler blue paint.

My body irked me today,as soon as I walked outside this morning my bones were telling me the weather was going to be changing and they were hurting bad. I knew a headliner replacement job was going to be at work but not a lifted 4x4 so after a couple trips up in it I took a couple pain pills as I did not want it to turn me into a big grump which it did right as I was finishing it. I was in a major car wreck over 35 years ago and the damage that happened to me is starting to make more noise the older I get so maybe time to get a office job.

2wd chassis is glued togather and need to make mounts for the slant six,found a source for the rims and small hubcaps which will be ordered soon. Anybody know what color the six cylinder motors were painted in the late 70s.

They will work since I really do not know the exact year it was modeled off of.

Did some looking and those caps are from around 69 to about 75 and if the pictures of trucks I seen had the correct caps the 78s were similar but flatter so they might be the closest I can get.

I do not remember seeing those caps on a 73 and up trucks,I do remember seeing them on 67 to 72s and some vans so I need to do some research in old dealer literature photos,now the chrome Plymouth caps they sell I remember on some 70s Dodge trucks so I will be grabbing a set of them for my same era Dodge truck project. I am going to google 78 Chevy p/u and see what I can find.

I checked out Scenes Unlimited and will be getting wheels for the Chevy and Dodge truck projects

The body in the pictures is the junk one and still have to cut the new body after I get a razor saw.

I did pick up the caps from a 65ish truck but would rather have the correct era if possible.

No custom and was originally going to be a shop van,I do have all the custom parts from the kit that I wont be using.

I got a new body and a interior tub from a sedan delivery so I was getting them to fit using the old body,I cut down the back of a 53 Ford cab for the rear window.